Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar

Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar (2018)

The true story of the first Marathi superstar Kashinath Ghanekar, chronicling his struggles and hardships in marriage and life to pursue his passion for acting and attain the unmatched heights of stardom in Marathi theatre and cinema.

Date of release
2018-11-07
TMDB
8.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Abhijeet Deshpande

Casting

Interesting facts

Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar is a 2018 Indian Marathi biographical drama film directed and written by Abhijeet Deshpande. The film follows the life of Marathi film actor Kashinath Ghanekar. It was jointly produced by Sunil Phadtare under the Shree Ganesh Marketing & Films with Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Subodh Bhave played the role of Kashinath Ghanekar, with Sonali Kulkarni, Vaidehi Parshurami, Sumeet Raghavan and Nandita Patkar in supporting roles.

Production

Actor Subodh Bhave was Abhijeet's first choice to play Ghanekar's character. Abhijeet stated, "When I knew that there is so much Complexity in the character and the story, I wanted an actor who can project all those different shades of the same person! So, I first thought Subodh and went straight to him."

Vaidehi Parashurami was cast as Kanchantai Ghanekar second wife of Kashinath Ghanekar. Sonali Kulkarni approached for role of Sulochana Latkar. Amruta Khanvilkar and Prajakta Mali were next cast in supporting roles. While it was known that Amruta would play the role of Actress Sandhya Shantaram whereas Prajakta played the role of well-known Marathi actress Asha Kale.

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